folklore

Hero (The Woodcutter Sisters) Alethea Kontis Harcourt Children’s Books Release Date: October 1, 2013 ISBN 0-5440-5677-9 Finally! A book with a girl – well, young woman, she’s at least 16 – who is the hero, who isn’t confused about the fact that she’s the hero. Who doesn’t normally wear skirts and doesn’t particularly like dresses [….]

Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells Edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling Tor Books First Edition: 3/19/13 ISBN 978-0-7653-3227-1 Take 19 established and talented writers. Give them the chance to craft stories full of fantasy, magic, gaslight, alternate history and/or visceral horror. Mix in a Victorian-era mindset and a nod to lingering folklore, with perhaps [….]

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On this day, September 13, in 1916, writer Roald Dahl was born in Cardiff, Wales. Best known for his children’s books which were often full of dark humor and unsuspected plot twists, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, The BFG, and Matilda, he also wrote poetry, screenplays, and macabre adult short stories, for which he won three Edgar Awards. In 1983 he was awarded the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement. He died in 1990, at age 74.